PokeGym Roundtable 13 - First Diamond and Pearl Rulings

[bulbasnore]

On this week's PokeGym Roundtable Big Daddy Snorlax and Pokepop cover our first rulings for the Diamond and Pearl Pokemon TCG Expansion ... at least until "Bangiras Research" comes into play!

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Roundtable 13: First Diamond and Pearl Rulings"
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[Hatter™]

the explaining of the rules helped, and I love the example of Mawile because its in my new deck : ).

 

[Chromecatz]

next omar chat we should talk about armaldo ,madhatter lol

 

[Prime]

Go second if you want to win. Seriously. The only advantages of going first is you have an 1 energy advantage on your opponent (which is thrown out of the window with so many energy acceleration decks in the format) and you get to evolve first (which is throw out of the window with so many decks running 4 rare candy).

Honestly, there is no balance between going first and going second imho.

 

[Chromecatz]

totally agreed.
btw the mp3 version isn't working for me

 

[Prime]

Same for me. Thankfully, I do have iTunes. Speaking of iTunes, I can't find the Pokegym Podcast on iTunes (store). Is it up there now?

This was a really good podcast!

 

[Paulp0123]

the mp3 version isn't working for me, either

 

[bulbasnore]

Same for me. Thankfully, I do have iTunes. Speaking of iTunes, I can't find the Pokegym Podcast on iTunes (store). Is it up there now?

This was a really good podcast!

The iTunes store isn't listing us yet. I have a support ticket in with vBulletin due to the error its giving. Should be straightened out in a day or two.

 

[bulbasnore]

No one has mentioned the easter egg in the iTunes version ;-)

the mp3 version isn't working for me, either

Mmmm. Its vaporized (404). I'll have to re-do it tomorrow; sorry for the delay!

 

[chriscobi634]

if I KO my opponents fossil do i HAVE to the prize or may i choose not to take that prize?

 

[PokePop]

if I KO my opponents fossil do i HAVE to the prize or may i choose not to take that prize?

When is taking a prize optional?
You have to take the prize.

 

[chriscobi634]

When is taking a prize optional?
You have to take the prize.

it's never been optional. it was a simple question involving a complicated strategy.

 

[bulbasnore]

OOH, double play!

- MP3 version is UP!
- iTunes listing is submitted (for processing).

vBulletin support, those guys are the best.

 

[Rulemaster]

its nice that you expanded what i said last week from a 3 minute form into a 30 minute form, i hope a lot of people listen to this to get the understanding of it all.

 

[bulbasnore]

iTunes Store Acceptance - Logo looks great!

I got the word that we're live in the iTunes store.

To see the link there:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=254152812

Here is a screen shot on our site:

Prime's logo turned out to be especially good for the standard 'reflection' they do with "album art".

 

[ShadowCard]

Going back to this one, on the Unown from the Neo sets, on the card, it is printed "You may have up to 4 Basic Pokemon in your deck with Unown in their names." It doesn't say "with the name 'Unown'," it is whether or not "Unown" is a part of the name. "Unown A" has "Unown" in its name, so the Neo Unown rule should limit it if a Neo Unown is in the deck. This idea applies to Ruin Wall, which says to search your deck for a card with Unown in its name and put it onto your Bench. If the Neo Unown rule doesn't affect D/P Unowns due to the inclusion of the Unown's respective letters, then Ruin Wall shouldn't be able to search for them.

Just to be clear, Neo Unowns which require specific Unowns for their Pokemon Powers, like Find, are compatible with the D/P Unowns, right? Could a Neo Unown F, and a D/P Unown I, N, and D allow the use of Pokemon Power Find?